The Air Ambulance Service provides two very important functions, Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) and The Children’s Air Ambulance (TCAA) which provides paediatric transfers across the UK. Our objective is to save lives, utilising specialist pilots, doctors, and paramedics and with our work centered on saving lives, improving clinical outcomes and being able to react quickly and efficiently to emergencies. We are at the forefront of innovative clinical care, and we challenge boundaries. Every day our charity is tasked with a unique set of missions which we respond to with our fantastic services, all of which are funded entirely by voluntary donations, trading and fundraising activities we undertake. This ethos remains at our core; we are here to work alongside and help the NHS without using their available funds. The impact we make with our services is to keep people alive, keep families together, to let children grow into adults and to enable the NHS to carry out more work than they would have been able to without our support. We also impact our communities by creating jobs, taking actions to improve the environment, bringing people together as volunteers and creating worthwhile training and experience opportunities. Job Title: Head of Financial Planning and Analysis Location: Rugby - Hybrid (40% office based) Full Time: 37.5 hours (would consider part time, 30 hours) Annual Salary: £65,000 to £70,000 Interview Date : w/c 17th March 2025. The first interview will be over Microsoft Teams, with the second face to face in Rugby. Job Purpose Responsible for leading all forward looking financial activity for the Charity and Trading entities, including budgeting, forecasting, 3 year plan and procurement. This role is the key business partner for all senior leadership at the Charity. This will involve supporting change programmes and projects, in delivery of the Charity’s strategic objectives. This role requires strong analytical skills, business acumen, and the ability to work cross-functionally with senior stakeholders. The role will be instrumental in shaping financial planning, delivering key performance insights, and identifying growth opportunities. Key Responsibilities Financial Planning, Budgeting and Analysis: • Lead budgeting, forecasting (including cashflow), 3-Year plans and strategic activity planning • Report on FP&A to the SLT and ELT • Provide analysis that gives insight to risks and opportunities • Adhoc analysis and business cases to support strategic activity • Work collaboratively with the Reporting and Accounting Team to understand the reports and impacts on your financial planning and analysis. Business Partnering & Decision support: • Be the strategic advisor to senior leaders, providing financial insights and commercial advice to drive data led decision • Develop strong relationships with leadership, ensuring financial accountability and improved financial literacy • Work closely with operational and trading teams to drive performance improvement and cost efficiency • Produce business plans, scenario modelling to support investment decisions • Work with the CFO to produce Board and Committee papers as necessary Procurement: • Lead procurement processes for the Charity and Trading entities • Responsible for the continued development and implementation of a procurement strategy, ensuring value, compliance and efficiency • Lead contract negotiations where necessary to drive cost savings and service improvements • Oversee / support the development of any necessary policies and processes that accompany the changes • Work with stakeholders to identify opportunities for cost optimisation and efficiencies. Team Management: • Coach and develop a team of 2: 1 business partner; 1 procurement officer • Dotted line to reporting team Compliance Responsibilities All colleagues hold additional responsibilities regarding: • Health & Safety and Environment. • Safeguarding • Data Protection • Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion • Quality You are expected and encouraged to raise and escalate appropriately any potential breaches or areas for improvement regarding the above. Person Specification Essential: • Qualified Accountant with a minimum of 8 years post qualification experience • Proven experience in a senior FP&A or business partnering role • Strong commercial acumen with the ability to influence and challenge stakeholders • Significant modelling and business case experience • Strong leadership and people management skills • Passion for the work that TAAS does. • A flexible approach to allow adaptability to the changing needs of the organisation. • The ability to communicate with all levels in an organisation and use data to influence decisions and strategy • Strong planning and prioritisation with an ability to manage yours and your team’s workload. Desirable: • Experience in a charity, public sector or not-for-profit environment • Strong data and analytical skills with experience handling high volumes. Knowledge of Power BI helpful The role is subject to a Basic DBS check. Environment TAAS is an inclusive working environment where Equality, Diversity and Human Rights are guiding principles, individuals are respected and a value of having a diverse workforce is recognised. The recruitment, employment and development of people are based on qualifications, experience and competency to do the job, eliminating personal bias or prejudice. As an organisation, TAAS are committed to ensuring the safety and welfare of children and vulnerable adults involved in any of our activities. Our commitment applies to all acting on our behalf, i.e., employees, contractors, volunteers, supporters, patient, donors and visitors, meaning that all have a responsibility towards safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults with whom they have contact with. Any new staff starting with the organisation will need to be committed to Safeguarding, complete relevant Safeguarding training and report any concerns they may have. TAAS operate a safer recruitment process, as part of our Safeguarding policy, which includes identifying and rejecting anyone who may be a risk to vulnerable people. Please note that we reserve the right to close this before the stated date, should the hiring manager deem there to be enough suitable applicants.